iPhone Firmware 3.1 Now Available

iPhone firmware version 3.1 is now available for download on iTunes.

It'll have Genius recommendations for iTunes, Genius mixes, ability to download ringtones wirelessly, and will allow users to organize apps through iTunes.

Here are the rest of the features:

• Improved syncing for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos¹
• iTunes U content organization¹
• Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store
• Display available iTunes account credits in the App Store and iTunes Store
• Save video from Mail and MMS into Camera Roll
• Option to "Save as new clip" when trimming a video on iPhone 3GS
• Better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on

• Remotely lock iPhone with a passcode via MobileMe
• Use Voice Control on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets
• Paste phone numbers into the keypad
• Option to use Home button to turn on accessibility features on iPhone 3GS
• Warn when visiting fraudulent websites in Safari (anti-phishing)
• Improved Exchange calendar syncing and invitation handling
• Fixes issue that cause some app icons to display incorrectly

[Apple]

MMS Finally Coming to iPhone on September 25th

News from AT&T says that MMS will be available on the iPhone 3G and 3GS beginning September 25th via a software update.



The date is September 25th, which does indeed fall a few days past the official end of summer. It was important to give our customers a positive experience from day one. We support more iPhone customers than any other carrier in the world so we took the time necessary to make sure our network is ready to handle what we expect will be a record volume of MMS traffic. We truly appreciate our customers' patience and hope they'll understand our desire to get it right from the start.

The service will be enabled with a software update on the launch date. Customers can obtain the update from iTunes, just like all other iPhone updates.

As for tethering, by its nature, this function could exponentially increase traffic on the network, and we need to ensure that some of our current upgrades are in place before we can deliver the expanded functionality with the excellent performance that customers expect. We expect to offer tethering in the future. [TUAW]

Google App's Update includes "Ninja"

This better be the greatest update ever! [Gizmodo]

Nuts! There Go My Plan for World Domination

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